The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-01-13

with a portion of Gen. Steele's command. They
were taken 70 Tyler, Tex, where they were
kept ur I'll February, 1865, when they were ex-
changed and sent to New Orleans.
N. z. Satterlee, Co. f, s1st ". Y, Rockham
Oak, gets upon his feet and boldly declares
that the s1st N. Z. was the first to plant its
colors on Fort Harrison. He saysthe regiment
lost in the engagement nine officers and 100
men, more than half of those engaged, and is
credited with taking several pieces of artillery,
three battle-fags and many prisoners.
John Revlet, Box 49,, Vincennes. Ind, says
that in 1882 his mother and STEP father went to
the far West, and since that time he has had no
news Of them. His step-father was member
of Co. i, s0th Ind, and is pensioner The
writer would be under great obligations for
any intelligence regarding them.
Nv. NJ" Co. G, nth ILL.,, Hutsonville, I'll,
hopes that Congress will do something immedi-
ately in behalf of the veteran soldiers Of 1861
and 1862 in the way of equalizing bounties
He says there was no justice in the payment OF
large bounties to the later enlistments, while
those who bore the burden and heat of the
day received comparatively trihing amounts.
NJ. ID. Stalbird, Co. @, 10th Pa, says that
Comrade Ogden, Co. Fl, 7th ". j., is far off his
base in the statement that Hancock's Brigade
did not participate in the battle of Williams
burg. Early in the morning on the day of that
engagement the brigade was detached from the
main army and after a march of nearly IL
miles through drenehing rain found itself on
the left flank of the Confederate line of battle,
within q mile of Fort Magruder. It was
attacked by six regiments of the enemy and a
bloody fight ensued. The loss to the brigade
was about 100 men.
James Kendall, Co. K, Goth Ind, sends brief
sketch of some of his experiences under Gen.
John A. Logan in the Fifteenth Corps.
Samuel III. Bolton, Co. ID, Goth Ohio, Benton
Ridge, o., says he has been much amused over
the controversy between the white Star Di-
vision and Whitaker's Brigade, of the Fourth
Corps, over the battle of Lookout Mountain
He tells the White Star boys to keep up the
scrimmage but they do not want to forget that
all the same Whitaker's Brigade charged up the
mountain and the 9th Kan. wasahead, not only
of that brigade but of any brave men who had
white stars on their hats.
w. ID. kirkpatrick, Color bearer, 18th Ind.
MID Inf, alluding to the sketches of various
fighting families says that he had one brother
in the lst Ind. Cav, one in the 42d Ind, two in
the 25th Ind. and one in the 123d Ind, and
seven brothers-in-law-two in the Add Ind,
two in the 18th Ind. Mid Inf. one in the 18th
Ill. and two in other regiments Most of these
were wounded or taken prisoners, but they got
through and are all living to-day.
Harry Lay, La Porte, Ind, says he is the son
of a veteran of the I'D Ind. He greatly en-
was particularly pleased with the account of
the battle of Chapin's Farm, by A. l.. Morey,
because it described the personal emotions and
experiences OF q soldier. He would be glad to
read more such.
John w. Cramer, Co. F. SD Ind. Anderson
vile, Ind, writes that in the Fall of 1864 while
at Memphis, being ordered on an expedition,
he placed for safe keeping in the Valise of
Lieut.. Baxter K. Logan q case containing a
portrait of his wife and two children in a group.
Lieut.. Logan was taken sick and went back to
Memphis, where he died, and his things were
sent home, the picture referred to being among
them. If any Of Lieut.. Logan's friends have
the picture Comrade Cramer would be very
glad to recover it.
w. L. Smith, Sergeant, Co. E, 5th Wis, Kan
sas City, Mo-, correct5 the statement of Com
rade Ogden that Hancock did not participate
in the battle of Williamsburg He describes
briefly, as number Of other correspondents
have done, the movement Of Hancocks Brigade
on the Confederate left and the efficient service
it performed under Hancock's brilliant leader
ship.